New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-28
lord R. CHURCHILL SPEAKS.
Hr CAUSES ABATEMENT IN THE HOUSE OF
COMMONS.
MIS- FRIENDS GRlEvED, HIS ENEMIES coMFoBIi'o-
HE RESIGNED THROUGH PEIVtASCE-
FEARS THAT HE~wILL HARAss
y.sLATE COLLEAGUES.

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TBY CABLE TO THE TRIBUSEl
roourioht: 1887, North American CdoH Nses 70.
rrnvnoy ian 27-Lord Randolph Churchlu mas
made his statement in the House OF commons
amid keen excitement, and there are hardy TWO
oninions about it, He does not stand bctter-he
stands worse-than before. he has disappointed
the expectations Of his friends, and the enemies
he has in his own party draw long sign Oh re'
lief. No doubt he spoke under great dsao'an-
tacos When he entered the House no received
hardly a cheer when he rose to speak IL "aS .n'
Radicals opposite who gave him greeting. Moth
ing could be more discOuraginS. 1hs Is "haV
Lord Randolph's friends have been saying lor
weeks: "Wait till he has spoken and you will
find that he will carry his PARTY, tho House ana
the country with him. Well he has spoken
he has not carried the party with him. he has not
carried bhe House. and il is most unlikely he will
convince the country that his resignation was
judicous or even excusable.
The feeling In the House was one Of incredulous
surprise as he narrowed the ground on which he
stood It was suggested that he might OUT OF
loyal regard for his former colleagues suppress
whatever was likely to damage the Ministry ouo
he suggested many things which II asscrUeo anu
capable of proof might have been most damaging
to the Government. His tone Throughout was
one of hardly veiled hostility to the oaoinct lie
had left He spoke of the present Government
as one in which effective rctrenchment 1ouhd no
prominent place Had he chosen to sreak out he
could say much, but he did not speak out. which
makes his explanation an indictment lie IN
sisted that it was not question of the amount
as between him and the spending departments
which had determined his action. They would
make he said, no appreciable effort toward econ
omy He astounded the House when he stated
that even the reduction Of half a million would
have contented him. His references to the foreign
policy of the Government were so many innuendoes'
His attacks on the War Office and Admiralty
were so many more. He ra]sed UP old scandals
brittle swords. bent bayonets 1ammed cartridges
bursting guns. ships that would not float. When
he read his final letter to Lord Salisbury the
amazement Of the House rose TO climax. as
this an English Minister asked members or
one another, "who declared that wise foreign
policy would be TO ABSTRACT England from every
continental struggle ?'
But when all those filings, taunts and allusions
were exhausted when he had denounced the
foreign policy of his own chief and col
leagues as DANGEROUS and methodless, it was found
to lead to nothing. lie sat down amid all but
dead silence on the Tory side of the House. The
Radicals opposite started cheer but the general
feeling of the House was unmistakable. His
hearers might grove or rejoice, but most OF them
aciecd the speech weak and that the resig-
nat ion remained an act Of indefensible petulance
or piquc. In fact. the Ministry which has had to
bear so many blows of late finds itself stronger
from the very attack which sanguine Liberals
hoped might be fatal
Mr.. Gladstone, who spoke later for over an
hour, did what he could to break the force Of
Lord Randophs fall, but to little purpose. What !
the Liberals hope for is that resentment and |
chagrin may lead Lord Randolph TO harass his
own PARTY. In fact, his speech makes this seem
probable enough
The Daily News will publish tomorrow
letter from Edmund Yates apologizing for the |
charge that Labouchere had for selfish and sinister
purposes, especially stock speculating, started |
the late scare. q. W. S.